Alumni Leadership Award

kei0206
Fri, 10 May 2013 03:08:20 +0000

Hello all,

Does anyone know rough statistics for how many people apply for the Leadership Award and are subsequently chosen for semifinalist/finalist/winner, etc? I know around 250 freshman actually receive the award in the end but I have no idea how much competition there actually is.
I’ve heard some people say that finalists are just all the semifinalists who SIRed, but I personally know a few semifinalists who are, in fact, going to Cal and were not considered for the award as finalists. I know of 3 people in my district so far who have received the finalist notification (including myself), though I’m sure there are more - among 4 high schools there were around 100-150 acceptances to Cal alone, so I don’t think it’s just the 3 of us.

Thanks in advance.